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author | Trent Lukaczyk <aerialhedgehog@gmail.com> | 2015-02-05 20:19:04 -0800 |
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committer | Trent Lukaczyk <aerialhedgehog@gmail.com> | 2015-02-05 20:19:04 -0800 |
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diff --git a/src/platforms/ros/nodes/README.md b/src/platforms/ros/nodes/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..aafc647ff --- /dev/null +++ b/src/platforms/ros/nodes/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +# PX4 Nodes + +This directory contains several small ROS nodes which are intended to run alongside the PX4 multi-platform nodes in +ROS. They act as a bridge between the PX4 specific topics and the ROS topics. + +## Joystick Input + +You will need to install the ros joystick packages +See http://wiki.ros.org/joy/Tutorials/ConfiguringALinuxJoystick + +### Arch Linux +```sh +yaourt -Sy ros-indigo-joystick-drivers --noconfirm +``` +check joystick +```sh +ls /dev/input/ +ls -l /dev/input/js0 +``` +(replace 0 by the number you find with the first command) + +make sure the joystick is accessible by the `input` group and that your user is in the `input` group |